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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gift giving is for the giver, not the receiver. Accept the gift graciously and donate it the following week if you must.[/quote]

This would be my go-to response as well, PP. But OP insists that some of these gifts can't be donated. Like a different PP, I want to know what OP's being given that can't be donated anywhere at all. Or how much OP has actually tried to donate whatever these items are. Wondering if OP is offended by the idea of using up gas to drive to drop off donations anywhere but at the most convenient "drop box" in the nearest grocery store parking lot....[/quote]

Not OP, but I would be annoyed at having to take extra time out of already busy day to donate something when I specifically asked for no gifts. Everyone keeps saying people who don’t want gifts are the selfish ones but seems the other way around - imposing their desires on unwilling others to give crap no one wants [/quote]

Well, if the gift is already in your possession:

You can sit there and be annoyed staring peevishly at that unwanted gift.

Or you can actually live your espoused values and make an effort to donate it despite your busy day.

Which will you choose? [/quote]

Never espoused any values about donating things, just that I do not want to receive gifts. In fact I have a closet full of stuff from my in-laws from various xmas past that I’ve never gotten around to dealing with. [/quote]

So you're not in OP's "if it's not green enough/morally approved I don't accept it" camp? Fine. But it's still on you that you have lost a closet to all that stuff. Too lazy even to donate it. [/quote]

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